Lecture by Raoul Vleugels

The duo that forms the interdisciplinary Chilean office Pezo von Ellrichshausen (Mauricio Pezo and Sofía von Ellrichshausen) have boldly declared their position that “architecture doesn’t need any explanation”. Blurring the lines between art and architecture - in what they term “architectonic art” – they have developed this position with compelling work that is conceptual and intellectual, but also sensual and physical. If their buildings explore issues of geometry, spatial experience, materiality, sequences and connections, their drawings present a layered understanding of architecture by exploring the tensions between documentation and experiencing the true narrative of a building or space.

Raoul Vleugels of Werkstatt will reflect on the work of Pezo von Ellrichshausen through a personal reading of some of the seminal projects of the studio.